Fluid-tempering apparatus.



No. 830,995. PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906.

B. HAYNIE.

FLUID TEMPERING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 4, 1905.

Attorneys UNITED srnr ns g rnnr OFFICE.

BROOKS HAYNIE, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO KING MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

FLUlD-TEMPERING APPARATUS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11.1906.

Application filed August 4, 1905. Serial No. 272,754.

T0 at w/tom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, BROOKS HAYNIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Fluid-Tempering Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of heaters for rapidly heating water in which a stream of water coming from the source of supply is subdivided into numerous smaller streams passing through a plurality of small pipes which are exposed to the heating action of one or more jets or burners.

The objects of the invention are to simplify and improve the construction and oper ation of this class of devices; and with these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and p articul arly pointed out in the claim.

\Vhile the invention is described in detail as a heater for raising the temperature of water and other fluids, it is also capable of being used for lowering the temperature of fluids to enable the use of the apparatus for refrigerating purposes, it being particularly adapted for cooling air and giving off the same into a room, so as to take the place of electric fans.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations, and modifications within the scope of the invention may be made when desired.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a water-heater constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention, said section being taken on the plane indicated by the line 1 1 in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, partly in section, the plane of said section being indicated by the line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

The improved water-heater of the present invention maybe made of any desired size and'shape, and it may be adapted to be bracketed upon a wall or to be attached to any suitable support or to be set directly upon the floor or upon legs provided for its support. In the drawings, however, it has been elected to show a heater of a rectangular shape, which accordingly will be described. It will also be understood that in the construction of the device any suitable material may be employed, the body of the device being made preferably of castiron, the waterheating tubes of copper, and the casing of sheet metal.

The body of the device has been illustrated as consisting of a base-plate 1, having a surrounding depending fiange 2 and provided near the ends thereof with upstanding parallelwalls 3 3, provided at their upper edges with outwardly-extending flanges 4 4. Vertical webs 5 5 and 6 extend outwardly from the walls 3 and connect the flanges 4 .with the base, thus forming at each end of the device a pair of chambers, (designated, respectively, 7 7 and 8 8,) it being observed that the chambers 7 and 8 are disposed at diagonally-opposite corners and that said chambers are about twice the size of the chambers 7 8. The chambers 7 and 8 constitute, respectively, the receiving and the discharge chamber, the former, 7 being connected with the source of supply by a valved pipe 9 and the latter, 8, being connected with an exit-pipe 10, which is not valved, in order that water standing in the device may have room to expand in case of freezing, thus rendering freezing of the device innocuous.

The walls 3 3 are connected by sets of heater-tubes 11, 12, and 13, the first set connecting the receiving-chamber 7 with the chamber 8, the second set connecting the chamber 8 with the chamber 7, and the third set connecting the chamber 7 with the discharge-chamber 8. The water will thus be caused to pass and repass three times over the jets or burners 14, of which one or more are supported upon or above the base-plate beneath the water-tubes. The base-plate is provided with one or more apertures 15 for the admission of air to support combustion, and a cover 16, of sheet metal or other suitable material, which may be provided with a lining, as 17, of asbestos or other non-conductive material, is provided to avoid loss of heat.

Header-plates 18 are provided to form closures for the chambers at the ends of the device, said plates being secured, as by means of stud-screws 19. Packing, as 20, may be provided Wherever needed.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection With the drawings hereto annexed. The fuel utilized in the improved heater may be gas, gaseous vapor, or of any other description. When the burner or burners are ignited, the contents of the heater-tubes will be rapidly heated and the supply coming through the valved pipe 9 may be completely regulated so as to gage the speed at which the water will pass through the pipes, and consequently regulate the temperature to which it shall be raised. The device, as will be seen, is simple in construction and easily managed, and it may be provided at a very moderate expense.

It is obvious that within the scope of the invention any desired number of sets of circulating-pipes may be provided, the body of the device being provided with a corresponding number of circulating-chambers in order that the water in passing and repassing may be very highly heated. As a rule, however, the construction and the number of sets of pipes illustrated in the drawings will prove sufficient for all practical purposes.

When the apparatus is to be used for refrigerating purposes, the burners 14 are dispensed with and ice is packed in the tempering-chamber through which the tubes 11 pass, whereby water, air, or the like which may be forced through the pipes may be cooled' to any desired degree and given off through the outlet 10, whereby the present apparatus may be employed in lieu of an electric fan for lowering the temperature of a room.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- In an apparatus of the class described, a body including a base having upstanding walls provided with outwardly-extending flanges at their upper ends and with Webs connecting said flanges, wall and base at the ends and at intermediate points of the walls, header-plates secured to form closures for the chambers thus formed, a plurality of sets of pipes connecting the several chambers in series, a valved inlet-pipe connected with one chamber, an exit-pipe connected withanother chamber, burners supported beneath the water-heating pipes, and a cover supported upon the inner walls of the chambers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afliXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BROOKS HAYN IE.

l/Vitnesses A. H. YARRINGTON, H. M. LITTLE. 

